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Sound systems been :censored:e for years and needs improving - regardless of what voice speaks over it! (Bring back Stuart Hall) controversial

Pick the mic up, have some enthusiasm, a bit of fun and have a personality if they'll allow you!

What a great atmosphere. A few beers in the bush befote the game, apart from my mate who unbeknown to him at this point, had had a run in with a dodgy ginsters on the way travelling down. Just before game started he spewed up over the non too impressed geezer in the row in front of us haha. A bit lively on the way out as well, we dejectedly made our way to our coach, just before another was bricked! I booked 3 days off work for that and lost my job the week after due to it - well worth it! Bar the result.

Ridiculous question/statement

Absolutely brilliant. My soon to be owd man told me about it, it's terrific piece of writing

After the game walking up, a Liverpool fan had been cracked and was bleeding, after being hit by. . . One of his own!!! Haha.

And by the way, if Smith continues to play games and develop will become a very useful centre forward in years to come!

Reid had talent, but is a lazy lump of a centre forward. The double barrelled geezer with an ego bigger than his talent is quite frankly - :censored:e

One day, it would be refreshing to constructively give the players a bit of stick, who are all consistently underperforming as well.

Saw the 'white van' pulling up as I walked to the ground about 7.15. How many other Tuesday nights do they make that journey? Probably as many times as they drive down Waterloo Street at night or during the day on a Saturday.

Easy Pickings!!

So if tarky had of played in place of Byrne first half we wouldn't of got run ragged? The whole team played below par first half, then we upped it second half. But our defence for all their "frailties" limited them to 5 shots on target all game. We got 11 shots on target in on them with less possession

These 2 comments sum the game up for me personally, hence the praise overall of our back 2/5. If I thought anyone would have been constructively criticised after the first half, i'd have thought Furman and Croft would have been leading candidates - Woeful in and out of possession in the 1st half, Furball upped his game 2nd half, which upped the whole side as well.

Byrne is a decent addition - just looks sadly, like one of those players some fans don't take too - I think he's alreet.

Good to see 2 defenders doing what they have trained all of their lives to do - Defend! Win headers, tackles and win your battles. They did that, despite a tough start to the game.

Bags of 'on the ball' quality in front of 'em - Bouzanis was a spectator 2nd half, as a defender, you'd be pleased with that

That side looks awful even now!

The Lookers has had natural light beaming down for a few seasons now....

I like it

John Kelly???? he shouldnt be classed as a foot baller.

Captain marvel - How very dare you

A Republic Of Ire B cap, I believe

John Kelly, Mike Milligan, Andy Holden

So are we having the Lookers and Clayton Arms back?

i dont think so, remember a bit back you said you were a ball boy back in the day, think they had pulled it back to 2.1 ( Kevin Summerfield) and you took a bit of grief..

They needed to win to stay up, I think! We were 2-1 up with about 5 to play and in traditional 'sporting' fashion, I tried to keep the ball for as long as possible after the ball had run dead for a Plymouth goal kick - however Steve Cherry, the rotund, personalityless Keeper at the time, was less than impressed and after a few 'rants' at me to "throw him the ball", he made his way, in front of the Chaddy End, to retreive the ball off me!! At which point I rolled it past him, which provoked his right and left arm into a 70s dance move, pushing me in the chest . Some of the Chaddy End faithful gave him deserved merciless stick for the last 5 minutes, before a member of the local constabulary 'chatted' to me after the game, alas though the early/mid 80s never warranted million pound lawsuits

I was asked but refused the offer due to cricket, were you do lad who took a verbal bashing of the Plymouth Goalie?

Physical bashing!!!

Have you a good memory or have we typed this before?

Were you still a ball boy then?

If i was still one. I wasn't one at that game!! I was with my owd man, cousin and Uncle iirc - I think i'd either just finished or took a 'day off' - can't remember, though either way, it hurt, even being fairly youthful at the time.

Where you a 'ball boy' around that time then?

Went to both legs -the 2nd leg players and staff fannying about on top of each other after scoring, leaving andy barlow (i think) stood on his own. Heartbreaking.

Am i right in reading this, that despite regular moans, groans and general boredom during 90 minutes at bp, some of you would be happy to watch a 'sheepfoot lane' webcam?

I guess my life isn't so bad after all..

Player power in the game is far too weighty imo.

Greedy bastards and very little loyalty ever shown.

They ain't having a contribution from my wages to supplement theirs anyway.

Have no love whatsoever for either, but I hate United with unrivalled hatred. Everything they do, say - either as players, manager or fans - detest them to the max.

Arrogant to the core - therefore I ticked City.

Knock the smile off the "70'000 muppets" and the many millions of TV 'fans' - scum.